PhotoSmart R927

PhotoSmart R927

HP PhotoSmart R927 Review

By
Movable Type Admin

Posted 4/10/2006

Click to take a 360-degree QTVR tour of the PhotoSmart R927

The PhotoSmart R927 is the flagship of HP's 2006 lineup and features HP Real Life
technologies with HP Instant Share, a technology that makes sharing, printing, and saving
digital photos easy. In addition, the PhotoSmart R927 offers 8.2-megapixels of resolution,
a large 3.0-inch color LCD, a 3x optical zoom, 32 megabytes of internal memory and
PictBridge capabilities, all wrapped up in a very compact, stylish and durable
stainless-steel body.

The R927 also features other HP Real Life technologies, which
includes Adaptive Lighting and HP Image advice. The in-camera red-eye removal system,
automatically eliminates red-eye in your images, to ensure the best possible photos and
memories. At the push of a button you can select the fully automatic mode, one of 13
useful scene modes, aperture priority, shutter priority or full manual. If you feel even
more creative you can select the metering mode, the color mode, and make adjustments to
the sharpness, contrast and saturation. When the action requires it, just press the
convenient movie shutter button and capture high-quality VGA resolution motion video
with sound.

HP Instant Share makes sharing, printing and saving digital photos easy.
Users simply take a photo and select its destination right on the back of
the camera - up to 34 destinations, including e-mail addresses, online
albums, printers and more - by simply pushing a button. When the digital
camera is later connected to a computer or the optional camera dock, the
selected photos are automatically printed and/or e-mailed without burdening
friends with large file attachments. E-mail recipients see thumbnails of the
images right in the body of their e-mail message, as well as a link to the
web page where they can very easily view, print and save the photos, upload
them to online albums and more.

HP's Adaptive Lighting technology (ALT), automatically adjusts high-contrast photos to bring faces out of shadows and details out of
backgrounds. The technology balances brightness relationships between bright
and dark areas in a photo, preserving gentle contrasts while compressing
harsh contrasts. The result is automatic-contrast adjustment that lightens
poorly illuminated objects and produces a true-to-life image that mirrors
the natural beauty that the user intended to capture.

The included HP 6220 camera dock will allow users to easily
share, print, e-mail and store photos and video clips. At the same time, the
dock recharges the in-camera battery. The included high-capacity battery provides
power for up to 200 shots (CIPA standard testing.)
Optional HP 6221 Premium Camera Dock allows connection to a TV and the HP 6222 Wireless
Dock Base adds wireless networking to the HP 6221 camera dock.

PhotoSmart R927 Features:

8.2-Megapixels of resolution for prints up to poster size

Fuji 3x optical and 8x digital zoom lens (35-105mm in 35mm equiv.)

Compact, lightweight, stylish and durable stainless steel body

HP's Adaptive lighting technology and In-camera Red-eye removal

Large 3.0-inch high resolution color LCD with 170° viewing angle

Total of 17 Shooting modes and a customizable My Mode

Add audio memos to still images (up to 60 sec.)

Record MPEG-1 movies with audio at 640x480 (24fps)

Long Exposure up to 15 seconds, with noise reduction

In-camera panorama preview and stitch of up to 5 photos

Exposure metering: Average, Center-weighted or Spot

Built-in flash with modes for Auto, Off, Auto+Red-Eye, Forced On and Night

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